I know a ton of us are job hunting, including those freshly laid off. What companies are worth looking into? And for those who already left, where’d you land? Help a desperate soul out, please. I can't find anything that's offering even half decent... — read more
Will you reply to MB on LinkedIn post?
It's disappointing to see a former OT employee criticizing the CEO on LinkedIn, suggesting that the positive Q3 earnings report is primarily the result of recent mass layoffs
Another 2000 will be laid off in a month
Two thousand employees are going to be laid off. I'm treating each day as if it's my last with my amazing coworkers—feels like I could be let go at any moment. I saw the CEO’s email, and he’s blaming the year-over-year decline entirely on tariffs... — read more
Another Round May/June Middle Management
Huge WFR coming with notifications in May and June, with leaders who are being made redundant already aware. They will stay on for a period from now until June 30 to help with transition, and also as a way for the Company to provide them with... — read more
Looks good - all sizzle and no steak
https://youtu.be/LIpdU5L5AE4?si=7zjX522UbaHQ45tp
anOTher fAI lure
“Sometimes you just need a hammer!” Mark & Nic F19 Q1 Town Hall (August 2018)
Chadwick Westlake named one of Canada’s Best Executives by The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business!
Already doing great things! https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob-magazine/article-and-the-award-for-best-executive-in-a-supporting-role-goes-to/
Titanium X is more like Terminator X
Don’t believe the hype. 25.1 is a joke.
They don’t have empathy for the common employee
Out of touch executives don’t have to think for themselves since other people do the thinking for them and they simply ignore criticism from outside of their social circle. Therefore, they never exercise their brain and they don’t have empathy for... — read more
Part of a round 2 years ago. Came in from an acquisition....
Closed a 10 million dollar with a small team. New logo. Did another million ARR with 2 new logos the following year. Grew existing accounts in tech pre-sales and got new business. Still got the axe. Told the decision was made by some other group... — read more
As long as Mark B
Is CEO and self proclaimed CTO (incompetent) this company is DOA. If the board doesn't see this, they need to resign.
This is on you
I don’t get why people keep complaining about being overloaded when they just keep accepting every new task without pushing back. If you keep doing everything thrown at you, of course they’ll keep piling it on. Why wouldn’t they? Start saying no... — read more
Is OpenText really ready to jump into AI
JPMorganChase just released an Open Letter to their third party suppliers, and sounded the AI security alarm! The financial giant sees what others are missing: Companies rushed to deploy AI without understanding the consequences. The mandate was... — read more
Cutting benefits and employees…
What’s next? This company is tanking. Get out while you can
20% Less Buying Power than I did 10 years ago when OT acquired us
Let that sink in.
I've observed some patterns around who is more likely to be laid off
Management roles with higher salaries compared to individual contributors Fully remote (virtual) employees based in the U.S. Long-tenured employees nearing retirement age Cloud or operational roles that can be easily outsourced anything to add? — read more
I may have to find another job....
Unbelievable. There's a very real chance I might not survive the next round of layoffs. It feels like the only reason I'm still here is because they see me as 'cheap' labor. I watched long-time coworkers — people who dedicated 10, 20, even more years... — read more
It's never the ones you expect to see laid off
Layoffs don’t follow the rules you’d expect. High performers, long-timers, new hires, all were let go without clear reason. It seems decisions came down to spreadsheets, not people. The takeaway is that job security is an illusion. If your role gets... — read more
Hip-hop woo-hoo! Is now trademarked by OpenText?
https://solutions.opentext.com/customer-experience/idc-marketscape-leader/?utm_source=org-linkedin&utm_medium=organic-social&utm_content=analyst-report
sharing 20 biggest post-layoff takeaways
My self-worth isn't tied to my job. I am much more than that. Exponential growth happens during your biggest challenges. You will survive. And eventually, you'll thrive again. It's impossible not to take it personally. Each... — read more
Don’t forget to complete your compliance training or you may face suspension. Have a nice day
Company is run by a creepy narcissist and a band of hall monitors kissing the ring, Sad to see such incompetence destroy the innovations they were left to steward. Investors should flee because the board seems quite content to believe the BS being... — read more
UK Redundancy Process a Sham. Opportunity for legal fight?
Unlike in the US, OpenText can’t simply fire employees in the UK and need to go through a redundancy process. This requires identifying a pool of potentially affected employees, then a consultation process where this group is whittled down to the... — read more
Could this be true?
One thing that all open text employees should know… There is always a current RIF list (Reduction in force) sitting with with the EVPs. Names are added to, and taken off pretty much at random. Does this mean it's possible to volunteer?
According to the email just sent out....
1600 "exited" the company. But... OT will add back 1,000 in strategic “locations”. So c'mon peeps, only 600 jobs lost!
I wish they’d just laid me off
Thirteen years at this place is way more than enough, especially with how everything's been so completely and unbelievably fu---d lately. I think I'm just going to start slacking off for real. Maybe that will finally land me on the next damn list... — read more
Who can Share what the state of the offices are? What's the impact onsite inoffice? How's the allhands?
Wondering what the vibes are. strategy changing? was there major impact in India COE?
OpenText U.S. Layoffs – Only 1 Week Severance Per Year Worked?
For U.S.-based employees affected by recent or past OpenText layoffs: It looks like the severance package is 1 week per year of service, capped at 10 weeks total. That feels pretty lean—especially for those with long tenures. In other tech... — read more
OT is dying
Any “business intelligence” company with market cap between 1-10B USD that is not growing is dead. OT fits this category. It’s impossible to grow against the behemoths MSFT, IBM, SAP with a motley set of acquisitions/products/services and an equally... — read more
The silver lining
Well, the good news to the remaining Ooen Texters is that there are lots of space now in their offices since the layoff that virtual employees can be mandated to return to office. LOL
Thursday apr 24 2026
Today should be the last day of main layoffs for the americas. There will be a small group remaining for OOO, sick, vacation, travelling, etc. Expect an email from mark today telling you how painful this was for him but OT needed this (better... — read more
The prophecy MB is showing us the way to:
https://ibb.co/TBd6fQZy
Morale will never get better
Employees that survive these frequent layoffs have z e r o loyalty to the company. Make it look like you are working hard, but under the covers it's a who give a sh attitude. There is nothing to be proud of. Morale will never get better because... — read more
This might be the first time my team was actually spared
Could it be they realized they've pushed us as far as they could? I was the first to tell my manager I'd walk if we lost another person to whatever and didn’t get a replacement within a few weeks. A bunch of my teammates said the same. Is there any... — read more
China shutting shop June 30
Informed this week engineering and product moving to COEs July 1.
Ontario Lawyer Referral
Can Anybody refer a local lawyer in Ontario for severance packages that have dealt with OT and won?
Is it always like this?
I thought I did my due diligence before joining Open Text in January. I saw there were occasional layoffs, but every company has them. This is not occasional. Ever since I started, all I have done is worry about losing my job. Is this something new?... — read more
Mark needs to go on Undercover Boss to get a sense of how things are really working.
He needs to see first hand how hard people work and how poorly deployed the internal tools are. And how they have Frankensteined all the acquisitions teams together… please come see how it is for the other 99%.
MOGA movement?
“Make OT great again (MOGA)?” Yeah, nothing screams greatness like surprise layoffs every other quarter. Really visionary stuff—if the vision is a revolving door. To my fellow ex-OpenTexters—you weren’t the problem. You just got caught in the... — read more